Ford Focus Complaints

22,326 consumer complaints on file.

#10015723January 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE IGNITION DID NOT TURN OFF WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. *JB THE CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT WIHOUT ANY WARNING, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO INSERT THE IGNITION SWITCH. AT LEAST FOUR DEALERSHIPS SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED STALLING AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053186January 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
FORD FOCUS 2000 ZX3 IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER BECAME JAMMED UNEXPECTEDLY. KEY ENTERS LOCK BUT LOCK WILL NOT RELEASE, AND SO CAR WILL NOT START. RESULTS IN STRANDED MOTORIST WITH NO WARNING SIGNS BEFOREHAND, HENCE SAFETY ISSUE. REQUIRES EITHER TOW TO REPAIR SHOP OR SITE VISIT FROM LOCKSMITH. MANY REFERENCES TO THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB, AND EVERY DEALER OR LOCKSMITH I CONTACTED HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054043January 14, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 03V482000 CONCERNING FUEL DELIVERY PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, AND DEALER WON'T HONOR THE RECALL, CLAIMING NEED TO PERFORM FIRST A DIAGNOSTIC. CONSUMER PAID $75.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054051January 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054091January 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS
VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUTTERED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053143January 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
FORD FOCUS 2001 IGNITION LOCKED. WASN'T ABLE TO TURN KEY AND HAD TO HAVE IGNITION REPLACED FOR RELATIVELY NEW CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054011January 14, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054017January 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED A SQUEAKING SOUND WAS HEARD. DEALER REPLACED FRONT PADS, THEN ON SECOND OCCURRENCE, FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053860January 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
UPON PLACING KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN SWITCH ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053919January 13, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. MECHANIC HAD NOT YET RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053942January 13, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
RECAL 03V482000 SUBJECT: CONCERNING STALLING. DEALER INDICATED TO CONSUMER THAT RECALL REPAIRS WILL ONLY BE DONE WHEN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE RECALLED PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053943January 13, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
RECALL 03V482000 CONCERNING STALLING. DEALER INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT RECALL REPAIRS WILL ONLY BE DONE WHEN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE RECALLED PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053098January 13, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THRILLED W/FORD'S SEMI-SORT-OF RECALL ON THEIR FOCUS FUEL PUMPS DUE TO "PROGRESSIVE CONTAMINATION." HAD MINE REPLACED AT 17,500 MILES, AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF SUPPOSED COMTAMINATED GAS. THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME I AM NOT ELEGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATED GAS. FORD TELLS ME THAT POOR DESIGN IS CAUSING FILTER/PUMP TO BECOME CLOGGED. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT IS CLOGGING THE LATTER IF NOT FOR "ALLEGED" CONTAMINANTS IN THE GAS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053982January 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE PLACING KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION KEY WILL NOT TURN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050142January 13, 2004
TIRES
REAR AND FRONT TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED, BUT THE EXCESSIVE WEAR STILL PERSISTED. DEALER AND THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND ALMOST CAUSED A ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED TIRES WITH SECOND SET OF DUNLOP SPORT AZ TIRES. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052883January 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 20,000 MILES OF DRIVING. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL THE FOCUS'S HE HAS SEEN. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053796January 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE BUT KEY WOULD NOT TURN. THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053830January 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE IGNITION SWITCH DID NOT ALLOW THE INSERTION OF THE KEY. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO FOUND THAT IGNITION WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052970January 12, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
I AM VERY ANGRY, I AM HAVING THE FORD FOCUS STALLING PROBLEM, DEALER ALREADY REPLACE FUEL PUMP AND STILL STALLS, THE CAR HAS BEEN 30 DAYS AT 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS BUT HAVEN'T FIX IT, THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY CAN'T FIX IT, I HAVE ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF THE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM THEY ALREADY CHECK THE ALTERNATOR AND IT IS FINE. I HOPE SOME ONE CAN GIVE ME A HAND ON THIS I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SUIT FORD, AND I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL I DIE BECAUSE THIS CAR IS HAZARD, LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN I DO. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053853January 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT WIRES AND SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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